Eric Deggans reviewed “Fargo” for NPR: FX’s Fargo copies the vibe of the 1996 film, re-creating the land of snow and quirky, often-dimwitted criminal eccentrics who made the film such a precious showpiece. A whole new constellation of characters is set against this familiar backdrop, playing out new tales of sordid activity in Bemidji, Minn., Read more →

MPR News reporter Mark Zdechlik went to the Minnesota State Fair, where today is Military Appreciation Day, to ask people how they think the U.S. should respond to the use of chemical weapons in Syria. Many fair goers he talked with said they were veterans of the Vietnam War.

Charlie Braunreiter greeted the first visitors to the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame in New Ulm on a recent Saturday morning, and offered up tales about the old days and old-timey music in this southern Minnesota city, where the first wave of musically inclined German immigrants set the stage for a rich tradition of polkas Read more →